Exercise (Chapters 9-10):

In this lab, you will create a Search Help to attach to the CUST_ID field. In addition, you will add documentation to your tables YXXCUSTM and YXXCUSTD.

Objectives

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Create a Search Help

• Create Data Element Documentation

If you need help with this lab, the solutions can be found in Development Class YDATADICTIONARY.

Estimated time to complete this lab: 30 minutes

Exercises

The following exercises provide practice working with the concepts learned in Chapters 09-10.

Chapter 09, Exercise 1

In this exercise, you will create a search help.

Let's assume your customer table is used in a transaction (also known as an online program; in SAP this refers to a collection of screens). More than likely, you will need to enter the customer ID number rather than the customer name on a screen. You want to provide the user with the ability to search for the appropriate customer ID based on the customer name. Your job is to design a search help to attach to the customer ID field.

Step 1. Create an elementary search help using the workbench. Name your search help YXX_SEARCH_HELP. The selection method should be your customer table (YXXCUSTM).

Step 2. Indicate the dialog type setting that will create a complex dialog where you can narrow your search.

Step 3. Select the appropriate fields so that your search help will return the customer ID based on the specified customer last or first name.

Step 4. List the Customer ID and full name on this hit list.

Step 5. Do not have Customer ID appear on the complex dialog.

Step 6. Activate the search help.

Step 7. Attach the search help to your Customer ID field in the YXXCUSTM table.

Chapter 10, Exercise 1

You will add documentation to your tables YXXCUSTM and YXXCUSTD. Pick a field from each table.

Step 1: Maintain the documentation for the data element.

Step 2: Maintain supplemental documentation for the data element. Go to the ABAP Dictionary: Change Table/Structure Fields screen. Follow the menu path Utilities -> Create entries. Follow instructions in Chapter 10 of your manual to create data element supplemental documentation.

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